The Government is forecast to have spent £313.0 billion on welfare in 2024/25, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). This is the equivalent of 10.9% of UK GDP (gross domestic ...

Londoners are set to experience a significant heatwave this weekend, with temperatures climbing steadily and peaking on Monday, according to the Met Office. At the start of this weekend on Friday, ...

A derailed train near Milton Keynes is causing a second day of disruption to London services. Live updates here.

The father of schoolboy Daniel Anjorin has described the “worst nightmare” of finding his son mortally wounded in the street. The talented 14-year-old was fatally wounded with a samurai sword by ...

The investment would mean Centrica has about the same size stake in Sizewell C as EDF, the Financial Times reported.

Habibur Masum launched a ‘ferocious’ knife attack in broad daylight on Kulsuma Akter after tracking her to a women’s refuge in Bradford.

Last-minute concessions to the Government’s controversial welfare reforms have been welcomed by some campaigners but described as not good enough by others. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at ...

The deal could see migrants who arrive in the UK by crossing the English Channel in small boats returned to France.

Sir Keir Starmer’s climbdown on the welfare Bill is the latest in a series of U-turns. Here, the PA news agency looks at three major policy changes this month. The Universal Credit and Personal ...

Services have been reduced and passenger numbers are below pre-coronavirus levels, a report by the National Audit Office said.

A major search operation is under way near a river for a missing 13-year-old boy. Cleveland Police have appealed for information about Mylo Capilla, who was last seen at around 9pm on Thursday in an ...

Joe Duffy has praised the callers as he prepares for his last episode of RTE’s famous phone-in show on Friday afternoon. The Ballyfermot broadcaster, 69, is retiring after 37 years at the station, ...